Chloë Sevigny and Lizzie Borden
Chloë Sevigny is producing and starring in a new HBO 2-part mini series on the Lizzie Borden case! This will be the first time since the 1970s, when Elizabeth Montgomery played her in The Legend of Lizzie Borden, that a serious film has been made on the murders. Of course there have been many schlock […]
Lizzie, the Play
Dateline: Laconia, NH. Students presenting story of Lizzie Borden at dinner theater tonight Belmont: Being presented before a sold-out crowd this evening will be the first-ever dinner theater production of “Lizzie” put on by students at the Belmont Middle School. Changing the script slightly to add a somewhat lighter feel to the mystery-dinner, students will […]
Trial of Lizzie Borden, The Play
I have been to a number of plays about the Lizzie Borden case and one thing is constant: you never know how good it is going to be until you are sitting in the theatre and watching it live, for yourself. I have been both amazed and surprised by what I have witnessed, and plays […]
Sad Lizzie Borden News From Salem
Contact Leonard Pickel 40 Whacks Museum [email protected] 972-951-5100 For Immediate Release: Salem’s Lizzie Borden Museum Closes Leonard Pickel of the 40 Whacks Museum announced today that the Salem museum will not open for the 2011 season. “We are heartbroken,†stated Pickel who has been working on his dream of a Lizzie museum since 1992, after […]
Hatchet Subscriptions on Sale Now!
The Hatchet is an online journal devoted to the examination and investigation of true crime, Victorian America, mysteries, and the Borden Murders of 1892. Written for both the novice and seasoned Lizzie Borden enthusiast, The Hatchet takes a literate and entertaining approach through wide-ranging feature essays, reviews and criticism, interviews, fiction, art, poetry, and humor. […]
Lizzie Borden and Fall River Christmas Gifts
There is still time to shop for your Fall River or Lizzie Borden friends. Here are a few of the items that would make anyone interested in the mystery that is Lizzie Borden or the history that is Fall River happy this holiday season. From PearTree Press comes this outstanding collection of short stories by […]
New Lizzie Borden Books for Sale
The Fall River Historical Society has updated their Museum Shop’s pages to reflect new Lizzie Borden books that they have available for sale. Among the additions are Richard Behrens’ Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective, Tim Weisberg’s Ghosts of the SouthCoast, Karen Chaney’s Lizzie Borden, and Faye Musselman’s timeline. Additionally, a new books on the Sarah Cornell […]
Parallel Lives and Lizzie Borden in the Boston Globe
Here is the actual article from today’s Boston Globe on the Fall River Historical Society’s soon-to-be-published book, Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River. Please click on the images to see them larger.
Lizzie Borden and Parallel Lives
The new book that is soon to be published by the Fall River Historical Society, Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, has had its first big press! Sunday’s Boston Globe will carry the story. Here is the link, where you can read it early!
Lizzie Borden Christmas Present
I have the perfect gift for you to give to your loved one or yourself this holiday season: a copy of Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective! This book is fabulous and fun, historical and hysterical, sensible and smart, inventive and incredible. In short, you will love, love, love it! Buy it now for $14.95 disclaimer: my […]
Psychic Kids and Lizzie Borden
This Sunday, November 21, at 10 pm on A&E TV, is an episode of Psychic Kids filmed at the Lizzie Borden B&B. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal: 20 – Messages from the Dead: The Lizzie Borden Case Megan is a 15-year-old girl who receives messages from the dead but is terrified to deliver them […]
Ghosts of the Southcoast Book Signing on Halloween
Halloween, Sunday, October 31, at 12 to 2:30, at the Fall RIver Historical Society, author Tim Weisberg will be signing his new book, Ghosts of the Southcoast! Come on down, over, or up to and get your spooky book on Halloween! Tim is also the host of Spooky Southcoast, an Internet radio show. Saturdays, 10pm […]
New Play: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
Playwright and Artistic Director Garrett Heater has penned a new play about Lizzie Borden titled Lizzie Borden Took An Axe and it premieres in November in Syracuse, NY. Here are the details: The Covey Theatre Company presents Lizzie Borden Took An Axe a new play by Garrett Heater Directed by: Jen DeCook Produced by: Michael […]
Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare
Filmmaker Ric Rebelo has completed his film about Lizzie Borden titled Lizbeth: A Victorian Nightmare, and soon it will premiere on Rhode Island PBS. October 30 and 31 at 7PM. You can see the website here and purchase your copy. It will also be showing at the Rhode Island International Horror Festival, Providence, RI, 2pm, […]
Nance O’Neil the play
Last evening, along with fellow Bordenite Bob Gutowski, I had the pleasure of attending a performance of Nance O’Neil at the Access Theatre in NYC. Written by David Foley and Directed by Gary Shrader, this play centers around the relationship between stage actress and tragedienne Nance O’Neil and Lizzie Borden. This four-person play includes Emma […]
Richard Behrens talks about Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective
Filmmaker Ric Rebelo has recently completed a documentary on the Lizzie Borden story, which will premiere in October on New England PBS. Here is a clip. It is of author Richard Behrens speaking about his fictional Lizzie Borden from his new book, Lizzie Borden: Girl Detective. You can buy a copy here! You can see […]
Watch The Legend of Lizzie Borden Online
Bast, William. The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Television movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery. Directed by Paul Wendhos, produced by George La Maire. ABC/Paramount TV. First broadcase on 10 Feb. 1975. The entire film is online for your viewing pleasure. Best viewed full screen.
Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft: You Missed Your Chance!
Well, the 4th of August, the anniversary of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, has passed, and so also, just like the spring follows the winter, the owner of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft has taken his home off the market. You can almost tell time by the appearance and disappearance of the clumsy sign on […]